Who was who in the Distilling Industry - W A Gaines

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Who was who in the Distilling Industry - W A Gaines

Unread postby bourbonv » Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:19 pm

Gaines, William A.

Born: Bourbon County, Ky., March 1832
Died: Frankfort, Ky., 18 November, 1872
Married: Margaret Wood, 1854
Children: Leslie and William A. (Leslie married a Crutcher)

Companies Associated with: Gaines, Berry and Co.
W. A. Gaines and Co.

Brands Associated with: Old Crow
Hermitage

Contributions to the Industry: With Paris, Allen and Co. of New York, Made Old Crow the most
respected Kentucky Bourbon of the 19th century.

Contributions to the Community: Helped the city of Frankfort, Ky. to get gass streetlights
Put in water collecting cisterns to aid fire fighters in
Frankfort.
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Re: Who was who in the Distilling Industry - W A Gaines

Unread postby Bourbon Joe » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:38 pm

Mike,
Looks like he accomplished a lot in his mere 40 years on this earth.
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Re: Who was who in the Distilling Industry - W A Gaines

Unread postby bourbonv » Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:53 pm

Joe,
I thought so as well.

I have been putting these "who was who" post here as I do research on people at work, usually as an answer to a genealogical question sent by email. It saves me time in the long run because I usually get questions about the same people and I can just send them here to look.
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